Politifact.com: Statements from Mike Tatehttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/mike-tate/Statements from Mike Tate reviewed by Politifact.comen-usThu, 11 Jun 2015 12:00:00 -0400Mike Tate: A Republican budget proposal &quot;would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country.&quot;&nbsp;
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/jun/11/mike-tate/gop-plan-would-give-wisconsin-weakest-standards-us/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | GOP plan would give Wisconsin weakest standards in U.S. for hiring teachers, Democrat Mike Tate says
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<p>In one of his final public appearances as chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Mike Tate made an observation about the Republican-controlled Legislature and a broad claim about where GOP leaders are taking schools with the 2015-&rsquo;17 state budget. &quot;I think you&rsquo;re beginning to see the beginning of the end of the overreach of the Republican majority in Madison,&quot; Tate said May 28, 2015 at a WisPolitics luncheon in Madison. Then he flatly stated: &quot;Just yesterday, you saw slipped into the budget a provision that would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2015/jun/11/mike-tate/gop-plan-would-give-wisconsin-weakest-standards-us/">>> More</a>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/jun/11/mike-tate/gop-plan-would-give-wisconsin-weakest-standards-us/Mike Tate: Welcome to Wisconsin road signs have &quot;always been made in Wisconsin,&quot;&nbsp;but Scott Walker &quot;is outsourcing them&quot;&nbsp;to an out-of-state company and &quot;paying more money for them.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/apr/30/mike-tate/scott-walker-outsourced-making-welcome-wisconsin-r/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Scott Walker outsourced the making of "Welcome to Wisconsin" road signs and is paying more for them, Democratic Party leader Mike Tate says
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<p>Two weeks after taking office in January 2011, Gov. Scott Walker augmented the familiar Wisconsin-shaped signs at the state&rsquo;s borders that say: &quot;Wisconsin Welcomes You.&quot; Employing his campaign theme, Walker attached small horizontal signs that read, &quot;Open for Business.&quot; The state paid a suburban Milwaukee company $1,495 to make the attachments to the 10-feet-tall and 11-feet-wide brown signs. Three years later, on April 18, 2014, the signs were raised by Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate, who appeared on a Madison-area radio station to comment on Walker&#39;s re-election announcement. Tate criticized the Republican&#39;s record on creating jobs, then ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2014/apr/30/mike-tate/scott-walker-outsourced-making-welcome-wisconsin-r/">>> More</a>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/apr/30/mike-tate/scott-walker-outsourced-making-welcome-wisconsin-r/Mike Tate: Says Gov. Scott Walker has dropped Wisconsin &quot;to 45th in the nation in job growth prospects while campaigning for president out of state.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2013/dec/01/mike-tate/scott-walker-responsible-wisconsins-low-and-droppi/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Scott Walker responsible for Wisconsin's low and dropping projected job growth, Democratic Party chief Mike Tate says
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<p>Two days before Gov. Scott Walker released his political memoir, Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate used a fund-raising email to highlight what&rsquo;s not in the book. He claimed Walker is doing a number of things badly, including: &quot;Failing at job creation and dropping Wisconsin to 45th in the nation in job growth prospects while campaigning for president out of state.&quot; The Nov. 17, 2013, solicitation cites a low ranking and pins the blame squarely on Walker. Is Tate right? Tate&#39;s evidence We asked Democratic Party spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff to flesh out the claim. She said Walker ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2013/dec/01/mike-tate/scott-walker-responsible-wisconsins-low-and-droppi/">>> More</a>Sun, 01 Dec 2013 05:00:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2013/dec/01/mike-tate/scott-walker-responsible-wisconsins-low-and-droppi/Mike Tate:
&quot;A bag of Cheetos costs less to buy than an apple,&quot; and in some Milwaukee neighborhoods &quot;good luck trying to find an apple or a banana or some sort of healthy option&quot;http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2013/jun/02/mike-tate/mike-tate-says-cheetos-cost-less-apple-some-milwau/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Mike Tate says Cheetos cost less than an apple in some Milwaukee neighborhoods
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<p> On a recent radio talk show, Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate gently criticized a widely discussed Republican bill mandating that food stamp recipients buy mostly healthy foods from a state-approved list. In doing so, Tate framed the debate around a certain orange-colored, cheese-flavored snack and a fruit grown in every state in the continental U.S. Tate spoke after one-third of Democrats in the state Assembly joined Republicans in approving the bill, which aims to cut down on junk food purchases seen as contributing to poor health in low-income families participating in the state&rsquo;s FoodShare ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2013/jun/02/mike-tate/mike-tate-says-cheetos-cost-less-apple-some-milwau/">>> More</a>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:36:55 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2013/jun/02/mike-tate/mike-tate-says-cheetos-cost-less-apple-some-milwau/Mike Tate:
&quot;Scott Walker has even removed the 250,000 jobs promise from his website.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/dec/17/mike-tate/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-erased-his-pledge-creat/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker erased his pledge to create jobs, state Democratic chairman Mike Tate says
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<p> Gov. Scott Walker is nearly halfway through his four-year term, and has a long way to go to meet his campaign promise to create 250,000 private-sector jobs. We keep track of the promise (and many others) on the Walk-O-Meter. The most recent update, which includes the October 2012 monthly jobs report, shows the state has created 25,411 private-sector jobs under Walker&rsquo;s watch -- roughly one-tenth of the total he promised as a candidate in 2010. As state Democrats look toward the 2014 election, it&rsquo;s natural they would focus on this part ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2012/dec/17/mike-tate/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-erased-his-pledge-creat/">>> More</a>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/dec/17/mike-tate/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-erased-his-pledge-creat/Mike Tate:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker &quot;slashed&quot; pensions and benefits for public employees.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/nov/25/mike-tate/top-democrat-says-gop-wisconsin-gov-walker-slashed/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Top Democrat says GOP Wisconsin Gov. Walker "slashed" public employee benefits
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<p> On the day the campaign to remove Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office was launched, talk show host Al Sharpton asked Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Mike Tate to tell MSNBC viewers &quot;why it is so important that Walker be recalled.&quot; Sharpton wanted Tate to explain the budget-repair bill that Walker proposed a month after taking office in January 2011 -- the one that, because it curtailed collective bargaining for most state and local government employees, spurred weeks of public protests and national media attention. ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2011/nov/25/mike-tate/top-democrat-says-gop-wisconsin-gov-walker-slashed/">>> More</a>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:00:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/nov/25/mike-tate/top-democrat-says-gop-wisconsin-gov-walker-slashed/